The Little Big Book for Grandmothers by Lena Tabori (Editor), Alice Wong (Editor)

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Synopsis

Following the tremendous success of The Little Big Book For Moms and The Little Big Book For Dads, here is another charming book filled with fairy tales, poetry, nursery rhymes, songs, stories, words of wisdom, activities, finger games, and recipes to enchant and delight. The Little Big Book For Grandmothers is brimming with so many of the classic and favorite things a granmother grew up with, and illustrated with charming vintage art she is sure to adore. Included are: 20 Fairy Tales: including The Little Mermaid, Thumbkin, Snow White and Red Rose, The Fisherman and His Wife, and Rupunzel; 16 Poems: such as Who Knows If The Moon's by e.e. cummings, The Sweetie Shop by Jessie Pope, and Robert Louis Stevenson'd Good Children; 12 Nursery Rhymes: including such beloved classics as Goosey Goosey Gander, Old Mother Hubbard, and Sleep, Baby, Sleep; 14 Songs: including Baby Beluga, Little Red Caboose, Polly Wolly Doodle, and Big Rock Candy Mountain; 16 Old-Fashioned Games: from Tiddlywinks to Drop the Handkerchief; 5 Grandmother Stories: including A Tale Of Three Balloons by Mrs. Albert G. Latham and Marion Walton's Ned's Visit To His Grandmother; 10 Finger Games: such as Grandma's Glasses, Cabin In The Wood, Round the Garden, and The Beehive; 28 Activities: including Embroidered Bibs, a Crib Quilt, and a Family Tree to give to a new grandchild, as well as a Felt Flower Chain, Body Collage, and holiday activities to do with the little ones; 30 Recipes: everything a grandmother needs to indulge her grandchildren including Ice Cream Sundaes, Chocolate Fudge, Peach Cobbler, Lemon Squares, Strawberry Shortcake, Peacan Pie, Chocolate Layer Cake, and ClassicDrinks.

Annotation

A collection of traditional tales, nursery rhymes, songs, literary excerpts, poems, finger games, recipes and more.

Publishers Weekly

Sending Out the Welcome Wagon Lena Tabori, publisher of Welcome Enterprises, follows up on her earlier success with The Little Big Book for Moms as she reaches out to the older generation in The Little Big Book for Grandmothers, ed. by Tabori with Alice Wong. The weighty volume contains an impressive array of poetry (from Vachel Lindsay to Shel Silverstein), fairy tales, activities and recipes alongside period illustrations by a variety of artists. The Little Big Book of Animals, edited by Tabori with Katrina Fried, gives praise, proverbs and songs as an homage to pets. Each volume features a silk cord as a bookmark. Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.

Biography

Lena Tabori has conceived and edited A Day in the Life of Hollywood (Turner), The Norman Rockwell Christmas Book (Abrams), Love: A Celebration of Art & Literature (with Jane Lahr for Stewart,Tabori & Chang), The Little Big Book of Love, and The Little Big Book of Christmas (both William Morrow). She has two grown daughters, Natasha and Katrina.
Alice Wong has edited various titles including Victoria: The Intimate Home (Hearst Books) and The Best of Mexico (Collins). She has three little daughters, Chi-Chi, Phoebe, and Sylvia.